The Fall of France, Spring 1940 S01E06
Investigate how Hitler achieved such a rapid and smashing initial advance in World War II. Topics include Germany's campaigns in Denmark and Norway, the collapse of British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain's government, the French defeat in the Battle of the Meuse River, and the rise of the Vichy regime under Marshal Philippe Petain.
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Anti-Semitism and the Nazis
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Tearing Up the Treaty of Versailles
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The War Begins, 1939
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The Nazis Rise to Power, 1922-1933
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War's End: Picking Up the Pieces
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